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46th Annual Meeting SATURDAY, May 14, 2005
7:30 AM - 3:15 PM
Residents And Fellows Research Conference
Seville West Intercontinental Hotel Chicago SUNDAY, May 15, 2005
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
SSAT Postgraduate Course:
Pancreaticobiliary Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Outcomes N426 MONDAY, May 16, 2005
8:00 AM-8:15 AM
Opening Session
Welcome and introduction of new members, announcements of SSAT scholarship awards, reports from the SSAT Foundation, recognition of the Foundation donors, and conferment of the Founders Medal. President, Keith D. Lillemoe, Indianapolis, IN N426ab 8:15 AM-9:15 AM
Presidential Plenary
Moderator: Henry A. Pitt, Indianapolis, IN N426ab 1. Quality of Life after Total Pancreatectomy: Is It Really That Bad on Long-Term Follow-Up? Brian J. Billings, John D. Christein, William S. Harmsen, Florencia G. Que, Michael B. Farnell, David M. Nagorney, Michael Sarr Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 2. Virally-Directed Fluorescent Imaging (VFI) Improves Diagnostic Sensitivity in the Detection of Minimal Residual Disease Following Potentially Curative Cytoreductive Surgery Prasad S. Adusumilli, David P. Eisenberg, Yun Shin Chun, Keun-Won Ryu, Christopher Riedl, Karen Hendershott, Mei-Ki Chan, Leah Ben-Porat, Yuman Fong Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 3. Cost-Saving Effect of Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Anal Fissure: A Prospective Analysis Rahila Essani, Grant Sarkisyan, Robert W. Beart, Jr., Glenn Ault, Petar Vukasin, Andreas M. Kaiser University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 4. Imaging of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia Using 16-Multi-Detector Row CT and CT Angiography in a Porcine Model: Description of Disease Evolution with Surgical Correlation David E. Rosow, Dushaynt V. Sahani, Oliver Strobel, Guido Alsfasser, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Saneeva Kalva, Sanjay Saini, Susanna I. Lee, Jack Wittenberg, Peter R. Mueller, Carlos Fernández-Del Castillo, Andrew L. Warshaw, Sarah P. Thayer Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 9:15 AM-10:00 AM
Presidential Address
Heroes, Mentors, and Teammates Keith D. Lillemoe Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN N426ab 10:30 AM-11:15 AM
Plenary Session
Moderator: Keith D. Lillemoe Indianapolis, IN N426ab 5. Current Techniques and Complication Rates in Pancreatic Surgery: Results of a Multiinstitutional Survey of 6 German Centers with 1083 Pancreatic Head Resections (GAST Study Group) Frank Makowiec, Ulrich T. Hopt University of Freiburg and GAST Study Group, Freiburg, Germany 6. Insulin Resistance Causes Human Gallbladder Dysmotility Atilla Nakeeb, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Anthony G. Comouzzie, Southwest Center for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX; Hayder Al-Azzawi, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Gabriele E. Sonnenberg, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Incorporator, Princeton, NJ; Ahmed H. Kissebah, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Henry A. Pitt, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 7. MELD Score Predicts Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Swee H. Teh, Stephen S. Cha, John D. Christein, John H. Donohue, Michael L. Kendrick, Florencia G. Que, Michael B. Farnell, W. Ray Kim, Patrick S. Kamath, David M. Nagorney Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 11:15 AM-12 PM
Guest Oration
Touching People's Lives Morgan Wootten DeMatha High School, Hyattsville, MD N426ab 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
SSAT Poster Session
Authors available at their posters to answer questions 12:00 PM-2:00 PM; posters on display 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Hall E 12:30 PM-1:45 PM
Meet The Professor Luncheons
Ablation vs. Resection for Malignant Liver Disease Steven A. Curley Houston, TX E351 Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Charles J. Yeo Baltimore, MD S501 Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgery W. Scott Melvin Columbus, OH S505 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium IPMN (ASGE, SSAT & AGA)
S100a From Pathogenesis to Pathology N. Volkan Adsay Ankara, Turkey How the Gastroenterologist Sees It Richard A. Kozarek Seattle, WA Surgical Treatment: Is Total Pancreatectomy Necessary or Is Surveillance Adequate? Michael B. Farnell Rochester, MN 2:15 PM-5:00 PM
Plenary Session
N426c 8. Colonoscopic Perforations: A Retrospective Review Corey William Iqbal, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Yun Shin Chun, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY; David Farley, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 9. Development of an Innovative Colorectal Database for Structured Audit in Colorectal Cancer Surgery Giampaolo Ugolini, Giancarlo Rosati, Isacco Montroni, Simone Zanotti, Antonio Caira, Marco Del Governatore, Luca Giampaolo, Mario Taffurelli, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Victor Pricolo, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 10. The B-Catenin Binding Domain of the APC Gene Is Sufficient to Inhibit Polyp Formation Michael V. Tirabassi, Gregory T. Banever, George M. Wadie, Maggie Lee, Richard B. Arenas Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 11. Molecular Absorbent Recirculating System for the Treatment of Acute Liver Failure after Major Liver Resections and before and after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Daniel Inderbitzin, Beat Muggli, Annette Ringger, Beat Gloor, Jürg Reichen, Daniel Candinas University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland 12. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: How Often Is It Really Idiopathic? Pietro Tedesco, Jeffrey Golden, Steven Hays, Charles Hoopes, Adam T. Meneghetti, Tanuja Damani, Marco G. Patti UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 13. Barrett's Mucosa Regresses after Anti-Reflux Surgery: Phenotypic and Genotypic Evidence Mauro Cassaro, Giovanni Zaninotto, Massimo Rugge, Alberto Ruol, Fabio Farinati, David Baroni, Mario Costantini, Martina Ceolin, Emanuela Guirroli, Giuseppe Portale, Ermanno Ancona Clinica Chirurgica III, Padova, Italy 14. Does the Intraoperative Peritoneal Lavage Cytology Add Prognostic Information in Patients with Potentially Curative Gastric Resection? Ulysses Ribeiro, Jr., Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, Donato Mucerino, Osmar Yagi, Katia Adriana Tessima Franco, Uana Maria Miguel Jorge, Gladis Wilner, Kiyoshi Iriya, Carlos Eduardo Jacob, Claudio Bresciani, Bruno Zilberstein, Joaquim Jose Gama-Rodrigues University of Sao Paulo, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil 15. Chronic Ethanol Exposure Promotes MEK-ERK Dependent Growth in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Matthew Hennig, Patrick J. Klein, Alex Menze, Jesus Matos, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Jean Campbell, Nelson Fausto, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Iain McKillop, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; Jim Sitzmann, C. Max Schmidt, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 16. Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasound (CE-IOUS) During Surgery for Liver Tumours: Results of a Prospective Study Marco Montorsi, Guido Torzilli University of Milano, Milano, Italy 17. Regulation of Amino Acid Arginine Transport by Lipopolysaccharide and Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Intestinal Epithelial IEC-6 Cells Qinghe Meng, Haroon M. Choudry, Anne M. Karinch, Chengmao Lin, Ming Pan The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 18. The Best Laparoscopic Bariatric Operation for Older Patients: Comparison of Outcome after the Band, Vertical Gastrectomy (VG), Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RGB), and Duodenal Switch (DS) Operations Crystine M. Lee, Janos Taller, John J. Feng, Paul T. Cirangle, Gregg H. Jossart California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 2:15 PM-5:30 PM
SSAT/AGA/ASGE State-Of-The-Art Conference
Room N426ab Current Management of Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors Moderator: Herbert Chen Madison, WI Current Surgical Management of Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors (PICT): Overview of Recent Advances and Diagnoses Robert T. Jensen Bethesda, MD Surgery for Primary Neuroendocrine Tumors Jeffrey A. Norton Stanford, CA Treatment of Isolated Liver Metastases Bryan M. Clary Durham, NC Therapy with Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs David Bushnell Iowa City, IA Therapeutic and Palliative Options for Diffuse Metastatic Disease Kyle Holen Madison, WI 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
DDW Combined Clinical Symposia
Reflux: Surgical Vs. Medical Vs. Endoscopic Management (SSAT, ASGE, AGA)
S100a Medical Treatment of GERD M. Brian Fennerty Portland, OR Endoscopic Treatment of GERD George Triadafilopoulos Palo Alto, CA Surgical Treatment of GERD Jeffrey H. Peters Rochester, NY Treatment Of Chronic Pancreatic Pain (ASGE, AGA, SSAT)
S100a Medical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis James H. Grendell New York, NY Surgcal Management of Chronic Pancreatitis Andrew M. Lowy Cincinnati, OH Endoscopic Management of Chronic Panreatitis Mark D. Topazian Rochester, MN TUESDAY, May 17, 2005
7:00 AM-8:15 AM
Video Breakfast Session
Moderator: David M. Mahvi Madison, WI N426ab Endoscopic Resection Techniques Jeffrey L. Ponsky Cleveland, OH Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Cystic Tumors Attila Nakeeb, Indianapolis, IN Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy with Splenic Preservation Aurora D. Pryor Durham, NC Laparoscopic-Assisted Abdominoperineal Resection with Posterior Vaginectomy for Anal Epidermoid Cancer Unresponsive to Chemoradiotherapy Jeffrey Wood Milsom New York, NY 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Public Policy Committee Panel
N426c Technology in Gastrointestinal Disease Moderator: Richard A. Prinz, Chicago, IL Current and Future Technology Richard M. Satava Seattle, WA Gastrointestinal Applications of Robotics and Virtual Reality Jacques Marescaux Strasbourg, France Cost Effectiveness Mark A. Talamini Baltimore, MD 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
SSAT/AHPBA Joint Symposium
N426ab Advances in Liver Resection for Metastasis Moderator: C. Wright Pinson Nashville, TN Selection of Patients (Non-Colorectal Mets, Neuroendocrine, etc.) N. Joseph Espat Chicago, IL Novel Image Analysis Techniques Unraveling Liver Anatomy and Volumes Prior to Liver Resection Christoph Wald Burlington, MA Surgical Techniques (Comparing Hydrojet, CUSA, TissueLink, and Kelly Clamp +/- Pringle) Pierre-Alain Clavien Zurich, Switzerland Anesthesia Management for Liver Resection Ann Walia Nashville, TN 10:30 AM-11:15 AM
Plenary Session
N426ab 19. Pancreaticoduodenectomy Following Placement of Expandable Metal Stents John T. Mullen, Henry F. Gomez, Jeffrey H. Lee, William A. Ross, Eddie K. Abdalla, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W.T. Pisters, Douglas B. Evans University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 20. Laparoscopic Versus Standard Appendectomy: Outcomes and Cost Comparisons in the Private Sector of a Developing Country—Better Operation for the Patients, Surgeons, Payers or Endosurgery Industries? Claudio Jose Caldas Bresciani, Rodrigo Oliva Perez, Alberto Ozaki, Carlos Eduardo Jacob, Renato Iwashita, Angelita Habr-Gama, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues University of Sao Paulo Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil 21. Effects of Gastric Bypass Procedures on Bone Mineral Density, Parathyroid Hormone and Vitamin D Jason Michael Johnson, James W. Maher, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Isaac Samuel, Debi Heitshusen, Cornelius Doherty, Robert W. Downs University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 11:15 AM-12:00 PM
State-Of-The-Art Lecturer
AgeLess: Taking Control of Your Aging Edward L. Schneider, MD University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA N426ab 12:30 PM-1:45 PM
Meet The Professor Luncheons
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Jon C. Gould Madison, WI S403 Management of Biliary/GB Carcinoma Yuman Fong New York, NY E271 Management of IBD Fabrizio Michelassi New York, NY Hyatt Regency McCormick CC24A 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
DDW Combined Clinical Symposia
Management of Ampullary Adenoma/Carcinoma (SSAT, ASGE)
S100a Incidence and Natural History of Ampullary Adenomas: Surveillance Strategies and Possible Medical Rx Thierry Ponchon Lyon, France Pre-Removal Evaluation-Which Lesions, When and By Whom? Nicholas J. Nick Lexington, KY Endoscopic Removal Techniques and Experience: What Do Experts Say? Christopher J. Gostout Rochester, MN Surgical Removal When Endoscopy Fails: Can We Do Less Than Whipple? Theodore N. Pappas Durham, NC The Cutting Edge: Endoscopic Treatment of Very Large Polyps, Introductal Tumors or Early Cancers Douglas A. Howell Portland, ME Management of Barrett's Associated Dysplasia (AGA, ASGE, SSAT)
S100b Considerations for Therapeutic Options and Potential of Medical Therapy Stuart Spechler Dallas, TX Endoscopic Therapy for Dysplasia: When and How? Kenneth K. Wang Rochester, MN Surgical Therapy Jeffrey H. Peters Rochester, NY Challenging Cases Prateek Sharma Kansas City, MO 2:15 PM-3:30 PM
Plenary Session
N426c 22. Impact of Reflux Composition on Mucosal Injury and Esophageal Function Daniel S. Oh, Martin Fein, Jeffrey A. Hagen, Steven R. Demeester, Cedric Bremner, Tom R. Demeester University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 23. 48-Hour pH Monitoring Increases Sensitivity in Detecting Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Daniel Tseng Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 24. Changes in Visceral Adipose Tissue Volume and Inflammatory Mediators Affect Insulin Sensitivity Nana Gletsu, Edward Lin, Leena Khaitan, Bruce Ramshaw, Thomas R. Ziegler, Dimitris Papanicolaou, C. Daniel Smith Emory University, Atlanta, GA 25. Epithelial NFkB Activation Is Critical in TNF Mediated Increases in Intestinal Tight Junction Permeability Christopher J. Chow, Zheng Zhang, Yueming Tang, David Ivancic, Terrence Barrett, Jonathan P. Fryer Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 26. Is Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery the Most Effective Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Morbidly Obese Patients? Alfonso Torquati, Rami Lutfi, Naji Abumrad, William O. Richards Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
SSAT/ASCRS Joint Symposium
N427 What's New in the Management of Anal Disease? Moderator: Robin S. McLeod Toronto, Canada Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy Michael J. Stamos Orange, CA Chemical Sphincterotomy in the Management of Anal Disease Anthony R. MacLean Calgary, Canada Role of Fibrin Glue in the Management of Simple and Complex Fistula in Ano David W. Dietz St Louis, MO How Should Complex Crohn's Disease Be Treated in the Remicade Era? Lisa S. Poritz Hershey, PA 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium
Bariatric Surgery and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (AASLD, SSAT)
N426c Fatty Liver in Obesity-What We Know and Don't Know Zobair M. Younossi Falls Church, VA Techniques and Controversies on Bariatric Operations Daniel B. Jones Boston, MA The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Fatty Liver Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome Michel M. Murr Tampa, FL Bariatric Surgery as a Clinical Research Tool for Fatty Liver Disease Nathan M. Bass San Francisco, CA S100a 5:00 PM-6:00 PM
SSAT Business Meeting
N426ab 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
SSAT Members Reception
The Rookery Building WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2005
8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Plenary Session
N426c 27. Pancreaticoduodenectomy With or Without Distal Gastrectomy and Extended Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy for Periampullary Adenocarcinoma, Part 3: Update on 5-Year Survival Taylor Sohn Riall, John L. Cameron, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; Keith D. Lillemoe, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Kurtis A. Campbell, Patricia K. Sauter, Joann Coleman, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; Ross A. Abrams, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ralph H. Hruban, Charles J. Yeo, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 28. A Prospective Comparison of Endorectal Ultrasound and Pelvic Magnetic Resonance in the Preoperative Staging of Rectal Cancer Paolo Pietro Bianchi, Chiara Ceriani, Matteo Rottoli, Marco Montorsi Istiutuo Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy 29. Esophagogastrectomy: The Influence of Stapled vs. Hand-Sewn Anastomosis on Outcome Abdollah Behzadi, Francis Charles Nichols, Stephen D. Cassivi, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, Peter C. Pairolero Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 30. Incidence, Predictive Factors and Management of Biliary Leakage after Hepaticojejunostomy S.M.M. De Castro, K.F.D. Kuhlmann, O.M. Van Delden, O.R.C. Busch, J.S. Laméris, T.M. Van Gulik, H. Obertop, D.J. Gouma Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands 31. Pancreas-Sparing Duodenectomy: Effective Management for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Richard Mackey, Richard Matthew Walsh, Raphael Chung, Andrew Smith, Nancy Brown, James Church, Carol Burke Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 32. Cellular Stress Response Induced by 5-Fluorouracil Potentiates the Efficacy of Oncolytic Herpes Viral Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Pancreas Cancer David P. Eisenberg, Prasad S. Adusumilli, Zhenkun Yu, Mei-Ki Chan, Karen Hendershott, Ting-Chao Chou, Yuman Fong Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Education Committee Panel
Acquiring and Maintaining New Skills in an Era of External Standards Moderator: Gordon L. Telford Milwaukee, WI The Viewpoint of the American College of Surgeons Ajit K. Sachdeva Chicago, IL The Viewpoint of the American Board of Medical Specialties Stephen Miller Evanston, IL Do Skills Labs Do What They're Supposed to Do? Helen M. MacRae Toronto, Canada N426ab 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium
Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colorectal Cancer (SSAT, AGA)
S100a Laparoscopic Colectomy and Beyond Peter W. Marcello Burlington, MA Local Excision for Rectal Cancer: Does It Have a Future? Nancy N. Baxter Minneapolis, MN Endoscopic Resection of Early Colorectal Cancer Paul Hurlstone Sheffield, England Endoscopic Stenting of Advanced Colorectal Cancer Todd H. Baron Rochester, MN 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Plenary Session
N426c 33. Advantages of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in the Elderly of North Carolina Andrew Harrell, Yuri Novitsky, Amy Lincourt, Michael Rosen, Kent Kercher, B. Todd Heniford Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC 34. Abdominal Insufflation with CO2 Causes Peritoneal Acidosis Independent of Systemic pH Eric J. Hanly, Joseph M. Fuentes, Alexander R. Aurora, Samuel P. Shih, Michael R. Marohn, Antonio De Maio, Mark A. Talamini Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 35. A New Access Device for Transgastric Surgery Lee Swanstrom, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR; Richard Kosarek, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA; Pankaj J. Pasricha, University of Texas, Galveston, TX; Stephen Gross, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, OR; Per-Ola Park, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Gothenburg, Sweden; Vahid Sadaat, Chris Rothe, USGI Medical, San Clemente, CA; Paul Swain, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom 36. Increased Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis in T3 Colon Cancers with Decreased Thymidylate Synthase Expression Avo Artinyan, Jeffrey P. Lake, Joseph W. Nunoo-Mensah, Rahila Essani, Andreas M. Kaiser, Robert W. Beart, Jr. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 37. Robotic-Assisted Heller Myotomy vs. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia: Multicenter Study Santiago Horgan, Carlos Galvani, Maria V Gorodner, UIC, Chicago, IL; Pablo Omelanczuck, Hospital Italiano, Mendoza, Argentina; Fernando Ellis, Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, Capital Federal, Argentina; Federico Moser, UIC, Chicago, IL; Luis Durand, Miguel Caracoche, Pedro Ferraina, Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, Capital Federal, Argentina 38. The Split-Stomach Fundoplication after Esophagogastrectomy Vic Velanovich Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 12:00 PM-3:00 PM
SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium
Re-Operative Surgery: Is There Still a Role for Minimally Invasive Approaches?
N426ab Reoperative Antireflux Surgery Carlos A. Pellegrini Seattle, WA Reoperative Ventral Hernia Surgery Bruce J. Ramshaw Columbia, MO Reoperative Biliary Surgery Jeffrey L. Ponsky Cleveland, OH Reoperative Surgery for Crohn's Disease Anthony J. Senagore Cleveland, OH Case Presentation #1 A patient presents with Sigmoid Colon Cancer without evidence of metastatic disease. The tumor is located within the mid sigmoid colon and the patient has no other significant co-morbidities. Moderator: David W. Rattner Boston, MA Why This Operation Should Be Performed Laparoscopically Kirk A. Ludwig Durham, NC Why This Operation Should Not Be Performed Laparoscopically James W. Fleshman St. Louis, MO Case Presentation #2 The same patient presents with a recurrence at the anastomosis 2 years later Moderator: David W. Rattner Boston, MA Why Laparoscopy Is a Reasonable Approach Peter W. Marcello Burlington, MA Why the Operation Should Be Performed Open John H. Marks Wynnewood, PA Case Presentation #3 One year later the patient presents with a 4 cm metastatic lesion in segment 3 of the liver. Moderator: Stephen Eubanks Columbia, MO Why the Liver Should Be Resected Laparoscopically Yuman Fong New York, NY Why the Liver Should Be Approached via an Open Procedure Ravi S. Chari Nashville, TN Case Presentation #4 One year after liver resection, the patient presents with 5 metastatic lesions with disease in both lobes of the liver. The largest metastatic lesion measures 3 cm in diameter. Moderator: Stephen Eubanks Columbia, MO Laparoscopic or Percutaneous Ablation Is the Optimal Approach Paul S. Dale Columbia, MO There Is No Role for Laparoscopy in the Management of This Patient W. Scott Helton Chicago, IL 12:30 PM-1:45 PM
Meet The Professor Luncheons
Bariatric Surgery Band vs. Laparoscopic Bypass Bruce D. Schirmer Charlottesville, VA E271 Colorectal Cancer Staging Theodore J. Saclarides Chicago, IL Hyatt Regency McCormick CC24A Laparoscopic Colon Resection Steve Eubanks Columbia, MO E270 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
DDW Combined Clinical Symposium Fistulizing Crohn's Disease (AGA, SSAT)
S100a Radiologic Evaluations of Fistulizing Crohn's Disease J.G. Fletcher Rochester, MN Surgical Approaches to Fistulizing Crohn's Disease John H. Pemberton Rochester, MN |
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